Square Enix merger a "complete failure" says former Square boss

Square Enix merger a "complete failure" says former Square boss

By James Brightman
Wednesday 07 November 2012

Hisashi Suzuki took to Twitter to trash the company for having "no vision"

Square Enix recently posted losses and lowered forecasts across the board. Sleeping Dogs shipped 1.5 million units, but it wasn't enough to bolster the publisher's bottom line, and former management seems to have lost faith in the company's ability. Former Square Co. boss Hisashi Suzuki commented on Twitter that the merger of Square Enix back in 2003 has been a "complete failure."

He added in his own disappointment with the current management, saying, "There's no vision for the future."

Suzuki pointed out that the total value of Square Enix as a publicly traded company has still not been able to exceed the value of the publisher before the merger. He noted the high development costs which have been dragging Square Enix down, but hopefully the publisher will get some relief in that area soon, as it recently signed a long-term deal with Epic to use Unreal Engine 3 and 4.

Suzuki was president of Square from 2000 to 2002, and he was intimately familiar with the merged company, having served as director at Square Enix from 2003 to 2005. He is now a director at Sega.

The only game worth your while is Yakuza, other than that Sega almost entirely relies on third-party support (e.g. Aliens: Colonial Marines by Gearbox) or focuses on niche titles.

And of course you'll see the yearly Hedgehog game if that's what you're into.

Vanquish, Football Manager. Wasn't Valkirya Chronicles part of Sega too?
The problem with Sega is that they can't market they way out of a paper bag! Choose badly who to market and who not to. Plus keep making $#@! Sonic games

Vanquish, Football Manager. Wasn't Valkirya Chronicles part of Sega too?
The problem with Sega is that they can't market they way out of a paper bag! Choose badly who to market and who not to. Plus keep making $#@! Sonic games

Vanquish and Valkirya Chronicles are two of this gen's best. You wouldn't be able to tell through their sales though.

Yes. For the most part, the games have been utter shyte and their ability to deliver actual Final Fantasy games have been deeply hampered with all the fluff and rehashes they keep spewing out. They haven't been just a little bit bad since the merger, they have been god frikken awful!

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